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What’s cooking at Bistineau?
Advice from a full-time crappie guide on how to catch more fish on Lake Bistineau.[…]
Fishing
Columns
Sneak onto Caney Lake in December
Caney Lake in Chatham, home to the state record for largemouth, is Louisiana’s premiere big-bass lake, and has produced the three-largest bass ever caught in the Bayou State.[…]
Contents
Monster Trout on Redfish Flats
Wherever there are fish to catch or animals to shoot, there are anglers and hunters who prefer to forego catching just any fish or shooting just any animal in favor of securing the bragging rights that come with catching the biggest fish or shooting the biggest animal.[…]
Contents
Cold-Water Community Holes
Dealing with the crowds is an inevitable part of life for Louisiana sportsmen who want to get in a little speckled trout fishing during the winter.[…]
Columns
For 2009, short is the new long
To appreciate the current trend in tackle requires a brief history lesson. Urban legend has it that the first fly rod was created in 10,000 B.C. when cavemen Frank Oog and JaMarcus Ugg cut and stripped a sapling and attached to it a line constructed of braided wooly mammoth hair.[…]
Columns
What’s for supper, Flipper?
Fishermen often see porpoises (properly called bottlenose dolphins) breaking water near them while they are fishing. Many fishermen feel that porpoises scare fish away.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Christmas is now for Salvador anglers
Dear Capt. Paul:
Where are the Lake Salvador Christmas Trees?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two cited for black drum violations in Lafourche Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited two fishermen for alleged fishing violations on Oct. 19 in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte improving after cold front
Captain Mike Daigle with Cast It Charters (985-331-8548) was smoking the redfish right before the last front blew through coastal Louisiana.[…]
Fishing
Don’t forget the basics of ownership
I don’t think I will ever forget one day when my dad and I were working behind the parts counter at our dealership, Big M Marine. […]
Ask Captain Paul
Are Google coordinates accurate?
Dear Capt. Paul:
I like to find potential spots on Google Earth. I have heard that the coordinates from Google Earth can be off a good bit from what a GPS unit says if you are not using the right datum.Can you tell me what datum I should when finding spots on Google Earth?[…]
Columns
Don’t be dog-matic! Go with spoons
As we reach the climax of a bizarre election year, what could be more bizarre than a website dedicated to having dogs vote? Thedogvote.com believes that “our nation lies in their paws.”[…]
Bass Fishing
True or False? Definitely go with False
This month, my choice of lakes for catching numbers of nice-sized bass will be False River in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads.[…]
Columns
Menhaden are key link in food chain
Menhaden, usually called pogies in Louisiana, are certainly not a game fish. They never bite a hook, even by accident.[…]
Fishing
Sonar operation is really pretty basic
Fish finders change their appearance and add new features each year, but the principles of sonar haven’t changed since World War II. […]
Bass Fishing
Spin Doctor
Figuring he had it tied on to fool anybody who happened to be sneaking around in his camouflaged Triton aluminum boat, I half expected Eddie Halbrook to clip off the blue/white tail-spinner that was tied to the line on the rod that he handed to me.[…]